rix

From Middle English rixen, from Old English rīxian, rīcsian (“to exercise or have power, rule, bear rule, govern, reign, domineer, dominate, tyrannize, exercise violence, prevail”), from Proto-Germanic *rīkisōną (“to rule”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“chief, king”). Cognate with Middle High German richsen (“to reign”), Lithuanian rikis (“knight”). More at riche.

rix (third-person singular simple present rixes, present participle rixing, simple past and past participle rixed)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To reign.

• rixle

• rich

From Proto-Celtic *rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”), from *h₃reǵ-. Compare Latin rēx.

rīx m

1. king

rix appears in various Gaulish proper names[1]:

• Vercingetorix
• Dumnorix
• Albiorix
• Adgennorix
• Dagorix

• IPA^(key): /ˈriːʃ/

rix f (pl)

1. collective plural of rixa